Axiology of culture. Textbook for universities. Dokuchaev I.I.

This textbook discusses the role of values ​​in human being and human knowledge. Value is defined as the existential center of being and knowledge of man and the integral generating model of all artifacts of culture, as an expression of a unique person’s place in space. The subjectivity and modeling nature of value are compared with other carriers of similar properties: in an artistic way, cognitive truth, practical benefit, social norm, forms of intersubjective familiarization.

Theoretical concept of values ​​presented in the first part of the manual is projected into the sphere of culture. Therefore, in the second and third parts, value models are considered that generate the most important historical types of culture, the dynamics of its morphology, the intervals between real being and the thesis that describe this being. Thus, the values ​​are shown as the most important driving force of historical changes traced from the period of anthropocultural agencies, through forms of traditional culture to forms of creative culture.

The manual is intended for students of higher educational institutions studying in the direction of preparation “Culturology”.